Confining and housing device



April 13,1926; 1,580,206

' DE WITT T. KERN CONFINI'NG AND HOUSING DEVICE Original Filed Nov. 6.1922 2 Sheeas-Sheet 1 Fig. 3.

April 13, 1926. 1,580,206

DE WITT T. KERN CONFINING AND Housme DEVICE o igi l Filed Nov. 6; 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 13,1926.

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CONFINING AND HOUSING DEVICE.

Application filed November 6, 1922, Serial No. 599,344. itenewedSeptember 14, 1925- 4 To all whom it may concern;

Be it'known that 1, DE -Wrrf1 TALMAea KERN, a subject of the King ofGreat Brit ain, and a resident of Kerr Robert, Saskatchewan, Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confining andHousing Devices, of which the following is;

a specification. v 7

My invention relates to improvements in confining and housing devices,and the object of my improvement is to supplyfo'r occupancy by fowls oranimals a combination enclosed housing and yard enclosure, both dividedinto intercommunicating compartments, the housing having adjustablehinged glazed roof sections, and the yard enclosure having a removablefloor, to permit keeping these structures in a well-lighted, ventilatedand sanitary condition. y

This object I have accomplished by themeans which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, andwhich are illustratedin-the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device,and Fig. 2is a top plan thereof, with parts broken away, and Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section thereof taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2,looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, but showing the housinginner doors closed. r I

This device comprises in combination an enclosed housingwhaving apermanent floor, 17 and a peaked-roof of which one sloping p part orsection 9 is imperforate' and fixed across the end walls 1, while theother sloping part of the roof is composed of longitudinally alined andabutted sections 11 each provided with a glazed window 13, althoughinstead of glazing each window may be open or be covered by'netting orother orificed covering to keep out vermin or birds while 7 also keepingin fowl or animals.

These roof sections are hinged to the fixed roof section 9 by means ofhinges 12, and 'each section 11 may be held releasably in'an elevatedposition adj ustably by means of any appropriate means such as a bar orprop 2O pivoted at oneend to one of the compartment partitions 3 withinthe housing.

These partltions 3 thus divide the housing into a plurality ofcompartments having doorways atfopposite ends of each. The

across the open bottom 'outer doorway of each compartment is furnishedwith channel bars 16 in whose channels doors 14. are verticallyslidable, each door having on its outer face a handle 15 for manual use.Each inner doorway has a hinged door 6, and releasable connectionsstaole fasteners '5, whereby communication, be had between the yards, ifdesired,

.L may The top and bottom of the partitioned yard enclosure are leftopen preferably. A. floor 18 is provided for this enclosure with endsextended under the walls 1 and 2, and

beams 19 are fastened upon opposite projecting ends of this floor toabut upon the outer walls lfon theoutside to hold the floor in place,yet permit the housing and enclosure to be removed slidingly therefrom.

Thus, when the floor has been uncovered by removal of the enclosure fromabove it, it, may be cleansed sanitarily and then replaced. The open topof the enclosure may becovered by a wire netting 21 as indicated in Fig.2 only, to prevent escape of winged fowl, or to keepout birds or animalsof rey.

The fowl or animals enclosed and housed in this combination structureare by said means permitted sufficient light and ventilatlOI, andsecured from preying animals or bir s.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and ters Patent, is:r

1. In combination, "a housing partitioned into a plurality of rooms,each room having doorways at its opposite ends and doors for saiddoorways, a walled enclosure, top and bottom and having partitionsdividdesire to secure by Letcation with certain of said doorways, saidand doors therefor, and a flooring positioned of said walled enclosure,having stop side beams abutting ing it into spaces respectively incommumlast-mentioned partitions having doorways upon the opposite sideWalls of the enclosure, the enclosure and housing being slidablyremovable from said flooring.

' 2. In combination, a floored housing having doorways and movableclosures therefor, an open bottom Walled enclosure in communication Withone of said doorways, and a floor upon Which said Walled enclosure ispositioned, said floor having raised parts abutting upon opposite Wallsof said en- 1 closure to permit sliding removal of the enclosure fromthe floor.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 6th day of October, 1922.

DE WITT TALMAGE KERN.

